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Personal info

Full name
WERTMAN, Lester Allen
Date of birth
20 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
New Tripoli, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Tripoli, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33946583
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 56

Immediate family

Members
William C. Wertman (father)
Mamie A. (Kerschner) Wertman (mother)
Rachael C. Wertman (sister)
George W. Wertman (brother)
Randall C. Wertman (brother)
Russell Wertman (brother)
Ida S. E. (Hartman) Wertman (wife)
Darlene Wertman (daughter)

More information

Pvt Lester A. Wertman enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 June 1944.
He worked in a production of industrial chemicals before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hartman Henry Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Call

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dwight Anderson